Category Archives: academia

My academic pursuits – from undergraduate, to postgraduate, and beyond.

Oh damn. But oh yay! But oh damn.

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

So today I received my offer for the Master of International Journalism at UWA – good one! However, I’ve just gone to enrol and discovered that this 18-month course isn’t actually 18-months at all, but spread across Semester 1, 2, … Continue reading →

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This year…

Posted on February 4, 2012 by

Yesterday, I got an email that I had been waiting for – blessing from my supervisor to leave my PhD (with the door always open for a return, should I change my mind, which is comforting to know!) – so … Continue reading →

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The end of an era or the first day of the rest of my life?

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Cliches aside, today’s a big one: Today I sent the email to my supervisors that will get the ball rolling on quitting my PhD. There are undoubtedly other people to inform and an office to pack up and perhaps something … Continue reading →

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Shove it.

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

I found out yesterday that one of my so-called friends thinks I am ‘weak’ for wanting to leave my PhD. Firstly, a resounding “fuck you” to that person. Secondly, that’s the kind of ignorant, judgmental shit that makes me want … Continue reading →

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Things you might not know (because I’ve been too embarrassed to mention them).

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

1. About two months ago, I had a horrible, emotionally destructive weekend that left me a sobbing, crying mess. I was later diagnosed with depression by my GP, and have since been diagnosed with severe/extreme depression, and severe anxiety, by … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 9, 2011 by

I have fallen completely and entirely out of love with the idea of academia. Of being an academic. Of researching. It brings me no happiness, and it hasn’t for a very long time, and right now I’m making that decision … Continue reading →

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Soon.

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

There are so many things that I need to write about. None of them are really good, per se, but only some are bad. All are confronting and challenging and require me to search inside myself to a place that … Continue reading →

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Why working from home is awesome.

Posted on November 25, 2011 by
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Fuck.

Posted on November 19, 2011 by

I am engaging in some monumental negative self talk at the moment. It sucks. You might’ve noticed the somewhat bipolar nature of my two posts earlier today. Lots of days are like that at the moment. Today, I over-thought the … Continue reading →

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Not very clever.

Posted on November 12, 2011 by

Please explain to me the logic of having a program that lets me annotate & highlight PDFs on my computer, and then print them out, if the highlighting is going to come out as black. [It’s yellow on the screen, … Continue reading →

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